I promised Hunting Grounds last week, and I’d be remiss to break that promise. Let’s get on with it!
Wild at Heart
Writer Alec Humphrey kindly provided some updated animal stats for use with Protean and Animalism, as well as for those situations when your vampire just gets jumped by a guard dog. (We’ve all been there, right?) These are adapted from a variety of previous books, with a few entirely new ones added in. Enjoy! Click … Read more
Swallow Darkness: The Lasombra
FOR LATECOMERS, OPEN DEVELOPMENT ON THIS IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS!
Welcome to the start of open development for Lore of the Clans! First up, we have Clan Lasombra, written by Andrew Peregrine. The link to the Google Doc containing his material is here:
Edit: Link removed now that open development is closed. Thank you!
Andrew’s only a few hundred words over, which is fine — that’s more or less on target. However, it means if I want him to add something, I’ll have to cut something else. I have some ideas on how that will go, but I’m curious to see if your comments reinforce my instincts, or point in a different direction.
Edit: Doing some math, I realized that if I want to get them all wrapped up before Gen Con, I need to keep these open for a limited time. So I’ll close comments on each Clan a week after I put it up, which means I’ll be closing comments on the Lasombra some time on Friday, July 25th. I’ll put a big note on the document when I close it so it’s clear.
A few things to keep in mind (and I’ll be repeating these points a lot):
I’ll Lie To You
With 71 votes, the Lie won out. So, picking up from where we left off; The universe isn’t only the Supernal, defining concepts, and the Fallen, embodying them. When mages use their Sight, they frequently see signs of corruption, warped or nonsensical symbols infecting the world. If the symbols of the Supernal Realms represent everything … Read more
Including All and Sundry
Above, you’ll see the cover to the Flowers of Hell: The Demons Players Guide by one of my favorite nWoD artists, Cathy Wilkins. The fact that when we first started working together it was a lot rarer for women to be illustrators in RPGs than now, leads me to this week’s blog. I mentioned last … Read more
Now Available: Mage20 Quickstart
Now available in PDF and print on DriveThruRPG: This introduction to Mage 20th Anniversary Edition includes a summary of the setting and basic rules. This Quickstart also features descriptions, stats, and story-hooks for playing an unlikely pack of mages: theBridge Troll Cabal, a “family” of gutter mystics whose life in the underside of Seattle contrasts with the … Read more
“Lore of the Clans” Open Development Coming Soon!
TL;DR VERSION: VAMPIRE CLANBOOK OPEN DEV COMING SOON! WATCH THE BLOGS! DON’T BE A DICK! Much more long-winded and rambling version: Wow, has it been a year already? Last time I was here, I was posting on whitewolfblogs.com, talking about blood magic and all sorts of crazy things. How time flies. Sorry, got nostalgic for … Read more
V20 Dark Ages: Two For Tuesday (The Clans of Caine)
I know I just posted the intro chapter. But I’m feeling really generous this afternoon. Here’s clans. You might be saying, gosh David, that’s a lot of text. It is. The Tzimisce clan writeup isn’t through editing. Neither is the bumper (the opening segment). I can’t make sweeping changes here, but I’m in favor of showing … Read more
V20 Dark Ages: Introduction
Hi all, I’ve been sharing a lot of clan, bloodline, discipline, blood magic, rules, et cetera. But today, I wanted to take a slightly different direction, and share the last thing I usually write for a book: the introduction. I feel these sections are very important, because they set the tone for the rest of … Read more
Falling Down
Okay, so, “the Fallen World” won by a landslide. As most of you have noticed, the Chronicle Books are all named after the story catalyst in their respective games. Not necessarily the antagonist, but the thing that upsets the apple cart, disrupts the lives of the characters and causes a Story. The Strix throw the … Read more